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H. H. HAWK, W. SMITH 8v J. I'. FOX.

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No. 408.480. Zzy.

Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

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HALE HAWK, OF BUCYRUS, AND VESLEY SMITH AND JOSEPH F. FOX, OF 'PIERCEOHIO.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,480, dated August6, 1889.

Application filed April 9. 1889. Serial No. 306,632. (No model.)

To all wiz/0121. it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HALE E. HAWK, of Bucyrus, in the county 0f Crawfordand State of Ohio, and WESLEY SMITHV and JOSEPH F. FOX, both of Pierce,in the county of Stark and State of Ohip, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Ohurns, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Our invention relates to 'an improvement in churns, and has for itsobject to provide a swinging churn, in which when the body isreciprocated a rotary motion will be imparted to the dash.

An object of the invention is also to provide a churn of simple anddurable construction', capable of convenient manipulation, andwhereintwhen the churn is not in use, the frame may be folded up tooccupy a minimum of space in storaget A further object of the inventionis to provide a means whereby the dash may be expeditiously and readilyremoved from the body of the churn to facilitate cleaning and theremoval of the butter.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is'to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure l. is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan View; andFig. 3 is a central vertical section through the churn, illustrating themanner of journaling the dash.

The frame of the churn consists of two pairs of upright-s 10 and 1l,connected by suitable bars or rungs, the said rungs 12 be! ingpreferably located between the bottom and center of each pair ofstandards. Ordinarily one pair of standards only is provided with onelower bar or rung 12, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The two pairs ofstandards 10 and 11 are hinged at the top, as illustrated at 13 in Fig.1, in such manner that one pair of standards is capable of folding uponthe opposed standards when occasion may demand.

The body of the churn 14 is preferably rectangularA in general contourand provided with a removable or detachable lid 15, the said churn beingof such length thatit will readily swing betweenthe members of the saidpairs of standards, as shown in Fig. 2.

The body of the churn 14 is supported between the pairs of standards,preferably by means of uprights 16, one being` attached to each end ofthe body at one extremity and pivoted at the other or upper extremity to6o the .upper end of the standards 10, as shown in Fig. 1. lf, however,it is found desirable,

'one upright or connecting rod 1G may be attached to each of thestandards 10 and 11 and projected downward, one across the other, to aconnection with the body of the churn at each end, near each side of thelatter, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The opposed standards of the right-hand pair 1.0 are each provided witha cross-bar 17, 7o pivoted thereto near their lower ends, whichcross-bars are preferably provided with two notches 18 and 19 in theirunder edge, the notch 19 being located near the free end of eachcross-bar and adapted for contact with or to receive a stud or pin 20,projected from the outer face of each standard of the pair ,11, as shownin Fig. 1, the pin 20 being located, preferably, the same distance fromthe lower extremity of the standards 1l as the 8c pivotal point of thecross-bar is located from the lower extremity of the pair of standards10, whereby, when the cross-bars 17 are engaged with the pins 20, thesaid cross-bars will be in a horizontal position and each set of S5standards will be in an inclined position, the frame representingsubstantially the letter A.

The ends of the dash 21 are made substantially in the form of a cross orstar, as shown in Fig. 1, the members of said ends being con- 9c nectedat each extremity by paddles 22,which paddles may consist of a plainpiece of suitable material, and one or more or all of the said paddlesmay be provided with a number of apertures 23, as shown in Fig. 2. Atthe intersection of the members constituting one end of the dash arectangular recess 24 is formed in one side and upon the opposite side aplate 25 is secured, provided, preferably, with a threaded aperture.

ln one end of the body 14 of the churn a set-screw 27 is inserted,adapted to enter a threaded recess 26 of the dash. The other end of thesaid dash is supported by means of a shaft 2S, held to revolve in oneend of 105 the body 14, the inner e'nd of which shaft is IOO rectangularin cross-section and adapted to enter the corresponding recess 24 in thedash, as best illustrated in Fig. 5. The shaft 28 is journaled in asuitable bracket 29, secured upon the outer end face of the body of thechurn, and upon the end of the said shaft projecting beyond saidbrackets a disk or wheel 30 is rigidly secured.

Upon the periphery of t-he said disk or wheel 30 two independent straps31 and 32 are securelyV fastened atone end in such manner that theattached extremities of the straps will not be in horizontal alignment.Each strap 31 and 32 is given about one turn around the disk or wheel 30and carried therefrom in opposite directions, the strap 31 being securedto a stud or pin 33, projecting from one of the standards 10, and thestrap 32 being attached in similar manner to the corresponding standardof the set 11. The attachment of the straps is effected in any suitableor approved manner.

It will thus be observed that if the body of the churn 14 is laterallyreciprocated between the sets of standards 10 and 11 the disk or wheel30 will be given a rotary reciprocating movement by reason of thepeculiar attachment of the straps 31 and 32, and that a similar movementwill beimparted to the dash.

The body of the churn 14 is reciprocated through the medium of a lever34, pivoted in a bracket 35, projected downward from one side of thebody of the churn and carried outward above the lower or singlecross-bar l2 of the standards 11. This lever may be manipulated in anyconvenient or suitable manner. When the churn is not in use, thestandards 11 are folded upon the standards 10, and f the inner notchesor recesses 18 in the pivoted cross-bars or connecting-rods 17 are madeto engage with studs or pins', located upony the standards 11 at or nearthe top, whereby they two sets of standards are retained in a closedposition. f

We desire it to be distinctly understoo that the peculiar motionimparted to the dash may be effected by a suitable gear-in g instead ofby the straps, as illustrated.

Afaucet 36 is screwed orotherwise attached to one side of the body ofthe churn near the bottom, whereby the buttermilk may be drawn from thechurn when desired. f f

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1 f f 1. In a churn, the combination, withopposed sets of connected standards hinged together at the top, and rodsor bars projected downward from the upper end of the united standards,of la churn-body connected to the lower extremity of the saiddownwardly-pro-y jecting bars, a dash held to rotate within thechurnbody, having'attached. to onetrunnion outside of the body a disk orwheel, and strapsy opposed side standards of the frame, substantially asshown and described.

2. In a churn, the combination, with opposed side standards hingedtogether at their upper ends, and bars or hangers projected downwardfrom the upper extremity of the said united standards, of a churn-bodyattached at the ends to the lower extremity of the said bars or hangersand provided with a rotary dash, and means, substantially as shown anddescribed, for .imparting to the said dash a rotary reciprocatingmovementwhen the churn-body is laterally reciprocated, as set forth.

3. In a churn, the combination, with opposed standards hinged togetherat the upper extremity, cross-bars provided with notches in the loweredge pivoted to one set of standards, and pins projected from theopposed set of standards adapted to engage with the said cross-bars, andconnecting bars or hangers pivotally secu red to the upper connectedends of the standards, of a churn-body provided wit-h a revoluble dashjournaled transversely therein, a'lever secured to one side of thechurn-body projecting outward beyond one of the standards, and means,substantially as shown and described, for imparting to the dash a rotaryreciprocating movement when the body of the churn is laterally reciprocated, as set forth.

4t. In a churn, the combination, with opposed sets of standards hingedtogether at IOO and connecting rodsl or hangers pivoted y.at f

the upper extremity to the hinged upper ends rof the standards, of achurn-body secured at the ends to the lower extremity of the said andwound thereon in opposite directions, and

having their outer ends secured to the opposed standards of the frame,all combined .forfoperatiom substantially as shown and described.

HALE E. HAVK. NVESLEY SMITH. JOSEPH F. FOX.

lVitnessestofllale E. I-Iawk:

J. L. LEONARD, J. P. BEALL, Witnc'sseslto IVesley Smith and Joseph F.Fox:

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